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CO-ODE relaunch
(posted 04-Jul-2007)
Thanks to your support and funding from JISC, CO-ODE has been extended to allow further development of OWL ontology tools, tutorials and materials.
We have updated the website to make navigation easier, hoping this makes it quicker for you to find what you are looking for.
Please check out the new site here [1] and let us know what you think.
We are proud to be making Protege 4.0 alpha [2] available in collaboration with Stanford University and have already updated several plugins [3] to the current release (more on the way).
We are moving towards a more collaborative, open set of tools and will be trying to make everything (including source code) more easily available.
We are moving our announcements to a more suitable form, so those signed up for the mailing list or our old news feed I hope you will find the blog [4] a better way to stay in touch (particularly as you can comment inline). This news thread will be deprecated.
Thankyou again for your support, and we hope you will visit again soon.
The CO-ODE team.
[1] http://www.co-ode.org
[2] http://www.co-ode.org/downloads/protege-x/
[3] http://www.co-ode.org/downloads/protege-x/plugins.php
[4] http://www.co-ode.org/blog/
Protege 4.0 alpha pre-release
(posted 23-Nov-2006)
The Manchester team have been very busy over the last 6 months+ and Protege 4.0 alpha is finally here.
Currently, OWL1.0 is supported, but the framework has been designed so that other languages, such as Frames and RDF(S)
can be implemented. Support for OWL1.1 is already well under way.
The tool focuses on modularisation, and supporting flexible "views" of an ontology through
plugins, but within a familiar Protege style.
read more and download here
OWL Debugger Beta Release
(posted 25-Jan-2006)
Ontologies are notoriously difficult to debug. We really need help to track down the
reason for inconsistencies, which can be varied and highly distributed.
The CO-ODE/HyOntUse team have finally released their Protege plugin debugger:
download it here
Bio Tutorial Materials Updated
(posted 05-Dec-2005)
The bio-domain tutorial on ontology engineering, reuse and patterns
has now been run successfully twice in Manchester and the materials are
shaping up.
The most recent materials, example ontologies and excercises are available at:
bio tutorial page
Protege-OWL Usage Feedback
(posted 20-Sep-2005)
In order for us to better understand how the features of the Protege-OWL tool
are used, we have put together a very quick survey for our users to fill in.
Please set aside just a couple of minutes of your time - you will be helping us shape
the future development of the Ontology Development Environment.
This and future surveys are available at:
our feedback page
Let us debug your ontologies
(posted 16-Aug-2005)
Working out the cause of inconsistencies in an ontology can be really hard.
Several groups, including ours, are working towards explaining some of the problems
that can cause inconsistencies. We really need test ontologies to make sure
that our tools work for real-life situations.
To submit "broken" ontologies or to view submissions, please visit:
our debugging page
New Bugtracker for Protege-OWL and CO-ODE tools
(posted 08-Aug-2005)
To allow us to keep track of current issues and feature requests we have
switched to a Mantis bugtracking system.
All current issues will be migrated to this system shortly.
To browse known bugs and feature requests please see our:
mantis pages
Updated Introduction to Ontologies Course Materials
(posted 06-Jul-2005)
Materials from our 2 day course, A Practical Introduction to Ontologies & OWL,
have been updated and are now downloadable in a single (large) pdf for ease
of browsing. Check them out on:
tutorial downloads
Manchester OWL Syntax Editor plugin released
(posted 01-Jun-2005)
A text-based alternative for editing class descriptions is now available.
This editor provides a clear description, with syntax highlighting, various
syntax shortcuts and autocomplete and is useful for showing simple or
complex class expressions.
details & download
News RSS Feeds up and running
(posted 25-May-2005)
RSS Feeds are another way to keep up-to-date with what is happening within
CO-ODE - without the hassle of a crowded email inbox.
I want to know more...
New OWL Individuals Tab released
(posted 24-May-2005)
As the paradigm for building individuals in OWL is different from that in
frames-systems, we have developed a new plugin to allow greater OWL expressivity.
This new tab supports creating individuals that are members of anonymous
classes and creating relationships to anonymous individuals.
details & download
New OWL Validator Tab released
(posted 24-May-2005)
The OWLValdidator plugin provides a bridge to the WonderWeb OWL Valdiation Service.
Results are displayed in a browser launched by Protégé.
details & download
Introduction to Ontologies Tutorial @ Manchester
(posted 18-May-2005)
Another free 2 day tutorial will be taking place in Manchester at the end of next month.
We cover the basics, from motivational to theoretical foundations of ontology
design and hands-on experience in the construction of ontologies as well
as an overview of issues around building ontology applications.
Please note that the closing date for registration is 14th June 2005
and places are limited.
details
OWLDoc plugin available
(posted 15-Feb-2005)
A new plugin for Protégé-OWL has been created by CO-ODE and is available for download.
Make your ontology easier to browse by generating JavaDoc style HTML documentation
automatically. You can browse all classes, individuals and properties, by namespace or
type and have several configurable options such as adding abstract syntax and language
support.
Please note that this plugin will only work with the OWL Plugin, build 230 or later.
details & download
OntoGrid Tutorial Complete
(posted 02-Feb-2005)As part of a responsibility to European grid projects, and using new facilities at the NorthWest Institute for BioHealth Informatics (NIBHI), OntoGrid members assisted CO-ODE to host our first external tutorial event. The successful 2 day event received good feedback from the participants and brought up many issues that will be channelled into improving tools and material.
Acceptance of proposal for workshop at All Hands 2005
(posted 20-Jan-2005)As part of the Knowledge Management Roadmap program (details to be published shortly), CO-ODE will be hosting a workshop at the e-Science All Hands Meeting in Nottingham in September.
Protege-OWL API updated
(posted 06-Jan-2005)In an attempt to make Protégé-OWL one of the standard development platforms for manipulating OWL ontologies, the API has been revised to provide cleaner access to OWL constructs. Plugins relying on Protégé-OWL will need to be updated to utilise any new features.
For older news, please consult our 2004 archive
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